Under the Weather: Dare we say it? Spring

Mar. 30, 2013

A collapsed house is seen along the central New Jersey shore after Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 31, 2012. A new poll finds that only one in three people favor the government spending millions of dollars to construct big sea walls, replenish beaches or pay people to leave the coast. / Associated Press

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Full sun Friday morning will likely give way to a few clouds from the heating of the day during the afternoon, but they should scatter back out by sunset.

Afternoon temperatures will make it up to around 50 degrees Friday, and about five degrees warmer than that on Saturday with continued sunshine. Around here we call weather like this spring. Be sure to make the most of it.

Six to nine hours of steady rain will make for a sodden Easter Sunday, particularly in the morning, although temps should once again climb into the 50s. While we may dry out a bit in the afternoon, dont look for any lasting improvement in the weather.

After a strong cold front blasts through Sunday afternoon, technically taking March out like a lion, a secondary low pressure system will bring at least a chance of showers back into our forecast for Sunday night and Monday.

Unfortunately, temperatures will drop off once again in the wake of Sundays frontal boundary, with forecast high temps of 41 degrees on Monday, just 38 on Tuesday. But the April sun is not to be denied, and we should be back in the 50s by later next week.

A new poll released by Stanford University Thursday found that most Americans want the country to stop spending money to restore coastal areas ravaged by hurricanes. In the poll, only one in three people voiced support for the government spending millions of dollars to build sea walls, replenish beaches or pay coastal residents to move away from the shore.

Much the same sentiments are expressed after wildfires ravage canyon homes on the West Coast, and this should come as no surprise, really. Put yourself in harms way, and harm will most likely come your way.

Below are the weather statistics for Thursday, March 28, at my location 4 miles north-northwest of Fredericktown, Ohio: